The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-13
BREAkFAST-TABLE CHAT.

BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT.
PUCK: It is not pronounced chrysanthemum
in Boston. but Chrysanthemaa
ROYAL B. YOUNG, a son of Brigham Young
says: Every good Mormon is, and must be, a
Democrat This is his religion, and part of
my religion, to be Democrat"
MISS MARIE VAN ZANDT. the well-known
singer, has SO far recovered from her stroke of
paralysis as to be able to walk about with the
use of a cane. Her complete restoration is
looked for soon.
Mr. JOHN BRIGHT has been reading Jowetts
translation of Plato, and says he is more aston
ished at the wonderful capacity and industry of
the master of Balliol than at the wisdom of the
great philosopher of Greece.
SENATOR INGALLS, tells Washington reporter
that he cannot afford to 60 to Europe this sum-
mer because he is too awful poor. This is not
true. The Senator is afraid to put himself in
attitude to be knocked down and kicked by
John Bull.
JUDGE-In your drunken fury you drew your
pistol and dangerously wounded an unoffendine
man. Cow boy-Yes, Jedge, that's about the
size of it. Judge-W Whisky has got you into Sc
rious trouble. If it had not been for whisky,
you would not now be under arrest. Cowboy
That's whore you're little off, Jedge If had
d
door-nail instead of only scripplin' him up
little.
The Paris reports that the drummers and
trumpeters of the German army are hard at work
learning the beats and calls of the French troops
1t also alleges that in many engagements in the
war of 1870 the command to cease firing was
often given to the French infantry by German
buglers, art that the command to halt, sounded
by the same buglers, often stopped a charge of
French cavalry and placed them In a position
where they could be moved down
THE New Orleans Southwestern Christian Ad-
vocate, a newspaper for negroes. says that. &C.
cording to its. observation, the great mass of
| white persons. when talking with each other. say
| NEGRO" 1.-THE low-bred say nigger), but when
| speaking to negroes they say ''coored people,
which is the same as to say ''You are negroes
| but cater to your foolish pride in saying col
ored." I'VE can stand and prefer" says the Ad-
vocate, "to be called negroes all the time for the
| simple reason that we are negroes"
| A CORRESPONDENT having sent to Mr. Brown
ing an article from Birmingham paper entitled
SIS 1t Poetryl" received the following character
istic and trenchant reply:
| 10 WARWICK CRESCENT W., 10th Feb, 1887
Dear Sir am sure you mean very kindly, but
have had too long experience of the inability the
human goose to do other than cacke when benevolent
and hiss when malicious. and no amount of goose
criticism shall make lift heel against what wad
dies behind it. Believe me- dear sir, yours very
| sincerely, ROBERT BROWNING
| JUSTIN MCCARTHYs observation that ''there
| never was woman whose form was as perfect
| as the Venus of Milo" recalls incident which
occurred in New York not long ago. In a GER
tain art store there is fine. dark silver-bronzed
| copy, full-siZe, of that statue By chance
| large and elegant parlor CRATE was placed in
| front of it. One day gentleman wlo was visit
ing the store stopped before the statue, gazed
awhile curiously, and finally asked the clerk
| What new style of stove is this!'
ONE remarkable point in the career of the late
Henry Ward Beecher will be noted by the hope
full and expectant fathers of dull boys-the late
ness of the period at which his intellect began to
assume shape This wonderful orator. poet
| actor and pulpiteer was dull boy. He loved to
| wander in the woods. He hated books while he
had a warm side for nature. AT school he was
| considered something of Ounce, one biographer
says. His desire for reading was awakened by
| sensational sea story, and he came near being a
sailor But at that point the intellect vivifed.
| and out of the chrysalis came the great man
whose fame filled the world.
NASHVILLE Mich News: The meanest man
lives in West Castleton. At the beginning
of last month he made a wager with his wife
| that she couldn't drink quart of milk day
for 80 days in February. If she did he was
to give her new silk dress; if she failed. she
| was 10 uuy ullu d new sui OF ClOtnoS. Inc
| guileless and unsuspecting woman finished her
sixteenth quart of milk latter heroic struggle
| with her rebellious stomach) before she discov-
| cred that February had but % days. The hor-
| rid husband, who says II knew it all the time "
| is claiming the wages of his sin, but we suspect
that the temperature will be very low when he
getsit.
BISHOP WILLIAM TAYLOR has named the
steamer which he is to use on the Upper Congo
for his wife, ''Annie Taylor" During their
married life of more than forty years. Mr.. and
Mrs. Taylor have been much separated BY his
missionary work. "Yet to this day" he says II
never heard her object to my going or staying,
nor utter murmur account Of my absence.
A doctor of divinity said to her one day: Mrs.
Taylor, can't help but think hard of Mr.. Tay
lor for going away and leaving you alone SC
long She replied: well, Doctor, he neve,
went away without my consent, nor stared
longer than l allowed him to stay, and If dom
complain | don't think anybody else has any
right to complain The Doctor subsidized"
GEN. ROBERT G. ScHENcK is living quietly in
Washington. He is seventy-seven years of age
To correspondent he recently said: II have MOI
felt SO we'll in years. For one Of my age may
cay l feel better than when worn down with
public cares / had what the doctors cal
Brights disease. and put myself on the milk
diet For more than q month lived solely on
milk, averaging about five pints a day. No
even q crumb Of bread in it. Then had added
to it some iney-chopped onions. For a month
more the diet was onions and milk. ate nc
beef food whatever. When l found mys elf slip
ping back the onion accom- ariment was aban.
doned, and back to milk alone / went again.
Eventually I overcame the trouble wholly re
covered, and have had 30 recurrence of the NAL.
, adY since"